The Sun. — London, England, 1838-04-30 00:00:00

LAW OF COPYRIGHT. Every one who has taken an interest in the success of the Bill for the extension of Copyright must have expe rienced a proud satisfaction in reading the noble speech of 114 r. Sergeant Talfourd upon the second reading of the Bill. It was magnificent in eloquence—in argument irre sistible ; but, above all, it was distinguished by that most excellent and delicate quality of the human understanding, a - fine discriminating judgment, which discerned and ex posiid those distinctions which are imperceptible to com- Etfin-place minds. While we are of opinion that literary 77 len have some reason to complain of the small number of Members of the House of Commons who attended a discussion so important to the interests of literature, yet they have, on the other hand, much reason to be pro , id of the friends Who did appear upon the occasion. If Mr. Talfourd had not the support of great numbers he was yet ably supported, and the literary men of Great Bri tain will gratefully bear in mind the powerful aid which their cause received from the speeches of Sir Robert Inglis, Mr. 'Wynn, Lord Mahon, Mr. D'lsraeli, and the Cleancellor of the Exchequer. And second only to the tettisfaction and pride of having these men as the advocates 'for fn her protection to literary property is the circum stance of having had for assailants only those who are found opposing whatever is just in principle or generous in sentiment. Of those who spoke against Sergeant Tal fourd's Bill Sir Edward Sugden is the only one that we could have expected, or wished almost, to be in its favour. We acknowledge our regret to find so eminent a lawyer as Sir Edward Sugden taking part with the sordid and the any in this matter, and we are the more surprised, as in the Fsne of his profession there is no more eminent - writer of books than himself. Perhaps, however, he feels per suaded, that, from the spirit of change now abroad, there is no chance that books, however admirably written, which relate to the present state of the law, will be of the slightest value sixty years hence. Or, perhapi, the sudiee to which the Learned Gentleman has so exclusively devoted himself may not have allowed him leisure for such acquaintance with works of imagination as leads to sympathy with the authors of them. But—seeing that there was to be opposition—it was absolutely consol ing to behold that opposition led by Mr. Joseph Hum e . - Ever stupid, ever impudent, ever in the wrong, Joseph the swine-headed, was indeed a most appropriate person to move the rejection of the Bill for affording additional en couragement to authors. The talk of the man on this occasion was eminently worthy .of his character. It was something like the writing of the Morning Chronicle upon the same subject—dull, positive, and most stupid error, expressed in the old vulgar frenzy cant-language of worn out Radicalism, which has not been fresh since the Edin hmrglt Review was young. Joseph was very consistently seconded by Mr. Vtrarhurton, a personage who ever doth " astnize a natural hardness and a prompt alacrity" to op pose and thwart every public measure that has the slightest trace of nobleness, or generosity, or kindness in any of its pro..'sions. Only that he is not so perseveringly troublesome as Joseph Hume he would he a more hateful creature, for he las not the excuse of Mr. Hume's extreme stupidity. He is .always harsh, presumptuous, irreverentia], and eager to 'destroy. If he were anatomized—as he would be accord ing to his own harsh law were he to die in a poorhouse— we think that which should be his heart would be found to be an agglomeration of iron fishine-hooks, with double herbs, and all rusted from the acetic acid that flows in him itesteed of blood. We do not look for him among the friends of euthors, and we are quite content to have him for an enemy. Then there were the two silliest, shallowest, and most conceited men in the House, Messrs. Pryme, 'of Cambridge town, and Ward, of Sheffield. These men know nothing—their opinions go for nothing—and that their votes reckon two must merely be set down as two among the untoward accidents which will occur even in Rich faultless systems as the "reformed" representation of the British people. Of Mr. Grote it is perhaps enough to say that he is a philosopher, of views so lofty as to be able to perceiee tlie political welfare of a great na tion dependent upon the mechanical contrivance of a ballot-box. We are not surprised that a gentleman of this particular description of astuteness should not find out that an author, however great and valuable may be the 'work he has produced, would have any right to give to his family after his death the pecuniary benefit arising from its sale. The last we shall men ti on i n th e li s t ofolvosine worthies is our sapient Solicitor-General. Of him, poor man, the Caancellor of the Exchequer (who has, we be lieve, some reason to feel himself responsible for his te Learned Friend") seemed to be more than a little ashamed. We are sorry for Sir Something- Rolfe, who is a well-meaniog sort of man, though apparently with but eery small endowment of brains. We rather think his opposition to the Bill arose from some mistake. He must , have looked at the wrong papers, and have thought, per- 1 haps, felt it was a Bill to render it necessary for all moo ascending the Bench at Westminster Hall to pass an exa mination in law. At all events, we reedily forgive Sir Something Rolfe. It is seems to us that all the diffi culties attempted to be set up is the way of the Bill, the only one which was not upon the face of it at once eel fis't and absurd, was that arising out of the " supposed en stogy" between the copyright of an author and the patent right of new inventions in machinery or manufactures. This one formidable difficulty was, however, quite dispesed of by the masterly distinction laid down in Mr. Talfourd's speech. If any of our readers have not this distinction clearly in their minds, the following extract will be satisfac tory to them : " Oeo of the arenments used—whether on behalf of the trade or t.:.e public I scarcely know—against the extension of the term is derived from a supposed analogy between the works of an author and the digcoveticia of an inventor, whence it is inferred that the term which suffices for the protection of the one is long enough for the comp:mat:on of the other. It remains to be proved that the protection granted to patentees is sufficiern ; but supposing it to he so, although there are points of simila rity between the cases, there are grounds of essential and ob vious diitinetion. In cs'ss of patent the invents of the inven tion are palpable, the demand is usually immediate, and the recom : iens, of the inventor, in proportion to the utility cf his work, speedy anecertain. In cases of patent the subject is generally one to which many minds are at once applied ; the iinvention is often no more than a step in a series of processes, -the firs , of which being given the consequence will almost certainly present itself, sooner or later, to same of these in quire, -s, and if it were not in this year by one, would probably be discovered the next by another; but who will suggest that if Shakspeare had not written Lear, or Richardson Clarissa, other poets or novellists would have invented them ? In prac tical science every discovery is a step to something more per fect; and to give to the inventor of each a protracted mono. poly would he to shut out all improvements by others. But who can improve the masterpieces of genius ? They stand per fect, apart from all things else, self-sustained, the models for imitation, the sources whence rules of art take their origin. And if we apply the analogy of mechanical invention to literature, we shall find that in so far as it extends there is featly in the latter no monopoly at all, however brief. For example, historical or critical research hears :a close analogy to the process of mechanical discovery; and how does the law of copyright apply to the trea sures it may reveal ? The fact discovered, the truth ascertained, becomes at once the property of mankind ; to accept, to state, to reason on, and all that remains in the author is the style in which it is expressed." The distinction is here most conclusively established, and the Chancellor of the Exchequer added to the force-of - the argument by reminding the House, that an invention which was valuable in 1830 might be of no value at all in 1837, in consequence of further discovery ; an accident which cannot occur to works of genius. The real ground of opposition —w e mean that tvlich proceeds from pub lishers, end we believe there is no other of any importance— was happily Lit off by Sergeant Talfourd in the following passage " If, S'tr, I were called to state in a sentence the most powerful Argent, nt against the objection raised to the extension of copy right-en the part or the public I would answer, the opposition of the eeublishers. If they have ground to complain ()floss the public car. have none. The objection supposes that the works would 73/: sold at something more than the price of the materials, the - workmanship, and a fair profit on the outlay, if the copyright be continued to the author, and of course, also supposes that works of which the copyrights have expired are sold without profit beyond those charges—that, in fact, the author's super added gain will be th e measure o f t h e pu bli c l oss . Wh ere , then % (fees the publisher interfere ? Is the truth this—that Live usage of the publishing; trade at this moment indefinitely ?prolongs the monopoly, by a mutual understanding of its mem bers, and that besides the term of twenty-eight years which the publisher has bought and paid for, he has something more ? Is it a cemventional copyright that is in danger ? Is the real questi on w h et h er t h e author shall hereafter have the full term tee dispose of, 'or shall sell a smaller term, and really assign a greater ? Now, either the publishers have no interest in the main question, or this is that interest. If this is that in. terest, how will the public loos by paying their extra sixpence -to the author who crested the stork, instead of the gentleman -who prinks his name at the foot of the title-page, and who will Mill lake his 25 per cent. on the copies he may sell?" We rejoice that this Bill has passed the second reading is, for so much, a triumph of justice, and a real tri bute to that which is most noble, and steadfast, and worthy 'of national respect in this our time. If they who manu facture literature for the circulating libraries mere l y can obtain no more for their works with a twenty-eight years' «copyright than with a sixty years', let them be content—an alteration of the law will, at all events, do them no harm. But every man of elevated and generous mind—every one 'whose heart throbs as he remembers that he is the country :man of Shakspeare and of Scott—that it is in his vernacular 'tongu e that Milton and Wordsworth have written—will ;rejoice t o thi n k that the Leg i slature i s lik e l y t o give such Encouragement as it can give to the literary genius of the land, by extending the duration of literary property to the descendants of authors for at all events sixty years. ..,3forning Post. SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. The Tories are'about as inconsistent as their would-be organ the Times, and they gave a striking proof of it in the House of Commons on Friday night. They have been loudly crying out against Ministers for having done nothing this session, and this has been the tedious burden of the vagrant Burdett's song at Leeds, Liverpool, &c., during the recess. When it suits their purpose they can pass over the settle ment of the Civil List, the discussions on the Canada Go vernment Bill, the Slavery Bill, the Irish Poor-law Bill, and the whole arrear legislative business, left by the last Parliament in consequence of the demise of the Crown, as matters of no moment—mere trifles not worth mentioning in comparison with the wonderful feats they would have performed had they been in office. Last evening Lord John Russell " played the touch" with them upon this point, and it will he seen how well they stood the test. The proposal of his Lordship was that for the purpose of ex pediting the progress of great public measures, for one month after the 14th May, when much private business will have been disposed of, another day should be set apart for the consideration of Government motions and Bills, in addition to the Mondays and Fridays already so allotted. There seems nothing very unreasonable in such a sugges tion, and one would have thought that the general feeling of the House, but most especially of the OppJsition side of it, which has been so full of complaints of procrastination, would have been at once and decidedly in favour of it. But no, this would have deprived the enemy of one, though a sorry, ground of attack, but still a ground which, under the present unpromising appearances, ought not to be abandoned. First gets up Mr. Goulburn, and says, " You, the Ministers, have not used due diligence in the conduct of public business." Very well : be it so for the sake of argument. If Minis ters " have not used due diligence," the more necessary it. is that they should snot now be thwarted. But Lord John Russell contended, and contended so unanswerably that nobody attempted to contradict him, that Ministers had, in fact, lost no time ; and he enumerated the impor tant subjects they had urgently pressed, night after night, upon the attention of Parliament, in the face of the most obstinate, not to call it factious, opposition. He also ad verted to the measure regarding Irish tithes, municipal cor poration, pluralities, and non-residence of the clergy, church leases, and ecclesiastical reform, still to be deli berately discussed, and appealed to the House whether he was asking more than under the circumstances he was fairly warranted in requiring ? The wily leader of the Tories now plainly saw that Mr. Goulburn's ground of re sistance could not sustain him, and he therefore took up another position. " I admit (he observed) that since No vember we have patiently devoted ourselves to legislation ; but I object to the motion, because if one more day in each week for a month after the 14th May be now granted, next session you will demand more ; you will make your claim earlier, and you will impede the business of individual Members longer." Now this was all a gratis dictum by the Right Honourable Baronet ; but it was evident that it had its weight with not a few Members on both sides of the House, who had motions or bills pending, and Mr. Wil liams and Mr. Hume had already expressed a degree of un willingness to give way. It was, moreover, the sort of pro position which was rather to be suggested for acceptance than enforced by vote, and Lord John Russell at once gave way and withdraw it. Let it not be forgotten here after, if the session be protracted, or if measures of impor tance be sent up to the Lords late in the session, that the fault will not lie with the Ministers, and that they did their best to forward public business, so that the other House might not have it to say that time was not allowed for due deliberation. Let it be remembered also, as was pointed out by Lord John Russell, that since the Whigs came into office, seven or eight years ago, the business before the House of Commons has very much increased and changed. The notices and measures of individual Members uncon nected with Government are more numerous, and less room is left for the introduction and discussion of Ministerial plans. When the Tories were formerly at the head of affairs, and they wished to press forward any of their schemes, such for instance as that for the suspension of the Habeas Corpus, they brought it on night after night until it had passed through all its stages, end no Mem ber thought of interposing any business in which he was particularly interested. Lord John Russell, under the cir cumstances, had no alternative but to relinquish his pro posal, and the Tories seemed to fancy that they had thereby gained a paint. So they have—that of making themsslves answerable for the possible postponement of important pub lic questions until late in the session. Ministers will, of course, do what they can to avoid this evil, but at all events they will not be to blame. The public will put the sadde on the right horse. Lord John Russell afterwards ob tained leave to bring in a Bill " for the better ordering of prisons," which he generally explained to be an amendment, in some not very important respects, of the Act paused two years ago at the instance of the Duke of Richmond. His Lordship expressed his great satisfaction at the recent im provements in prison discipline in all parts of the empire. A successful motion of a sir-141,1r kind, for establishing- a prison in the Isle of Wight for juvenile offenders, pro duced some interesting conv s ersation respecting the best anode of dealing with criminals under a certain age. It was agreed on all hands that the plan of Lord John Russell, as far as it went, was unexceptionable ; hut Sir Eardley Wilmot and Sir Robert Peel urged that the great mischief was the confinement of boys and girls before trial among ol , ,ier and more hardened offenders. It was su gg ested th a o 'a summary jurisdiction might be given to magistrates cases of minor crime ; and we think the objection, that' it would prevent the intervention of a jury,of comp isatively :little value, especially if the magisterial system be `altered and reformed as proposed by Lord John Russell shortly previous to the holidays. The instances are few in which the propriety of commitment by stipendiary magis trates is not subssquently confirmed by verdict, although, Juries now and then recommend to mercy, or even acquit oil account of the. youth of the delinquent. Sir Robert Peel was disposed to think a summary jurisdiction necesi sary ; and Sir Eardley Wilmot mentioned an institution id Warwickshire fo: reforming juvenile offenders, in n - hiclei only half were reclaimed if they had been imprisoned fat! say length of time anterior to trial, while all were converted, ito habits of honesty and industry if sent at once to the { asylum without first undergoing the contamination of al gaol.—slim-eine Chronicle. On Wednesday the Rev. Dr. Chalmers delivered hi ilrst lecture, in Hanover-square Rooms, expository of cer tain prevalent misconceptions upon the subject of Churelt Establishments ; and certainly, whether we regard thsi, depth and precision of his analysis, or the breadth •andl luminousness of his general views, or the pertinence and picturesqueness of his illustrations, it is not too much W 1 say that this introductory address was one of the finest, specimens of fervid and argumentative eloquence we' `ever listened to. If the interior of the structure cor respond in any degree with the simple and massive grandeur of the porch, these lectures will d ou btl es challenge the admiration of after ages, scarcely mot-cr! as an imperishable monument of the Doctor's geniussi than as an invaluable contribution to the permanent mature, and, above all, to the higher interests of the coml. try. From the first word that escaped the lips of the lecturer till the concluding sentence, which died away amidst the acclamations of his audience. the vivid interest awakened by the ingenious analogy which he traced lse• tween the processes of agriculture and those of " spiritual' husbandry" was sustained by him throughout the entire lecture with a deep and unflagging intensity. To meet the objection that an eccle s iasti c al establishment is a mere hu man device, based on an assumed independence of divine, influences, and virtually disowning their necessity, Dr. Chalmers argued, with infinite beauty and power, that the co-operation of supernatural and human instrumentality in the diffusion of religion was just as legitimate, compa-• tible, and necessary as the concurrent working of nature's: munificence and man's industry for fully cultivating the productive capabilities of the earth : and that whereas the appliances of a parochial culture are no more a d.s paragement to the necessity of divine influence than are the' toils of the husbandman to the necessity of sunshine and. shower, so the promise and descent of Heaven's benignities,• like the annual overflowings of the Nile, form at once our obligation and recompense, to impel us to open up the fittest channels of distribution for irrigating and improving the whole of the circumjacent territory. In the hurried . 1 notice which was all we could afford to give of this admi rable lecture, we found it impossible even to glance at the many original and profound observations which pervaded it throughout. With that truly philosophic spirit which cha racterizes all Dr. Chalmer's reasonings, he never missed an opportunity, as far as his subject permitted, of making his appeal to experience, and of resting his case upon its results ; nor could anything be more forcible or felicitous than the contrast which such an appeal enabled him to draw between the noble and high-principled strug gle engaged in by the father of the reformation, and the fatuous insanities now so rife and rampant among the pigmies and pismires of voluntaryism. Luther and Knol l (said be) addressed their giant efforts, not to the destruc tion of the ducts and channels which had been skilfully con structed for the distribution of the waters of life, but to the purification of the element they were fitted and intended to diffuse : while, on the other hand, your modern Church Reformers, careless of the poisonous or deleterious charac ter of the article conveyed, content themselves with " falling foul of the pipes." These ruthless demagogues (he added) were mere " machine breakers," or, as we should say, spiritual Luddites : and thus, prosecuting the contrast in a strain of the most pungent and refined satire, the Doctor left nothing to be desired upon this point, either by friends or foes among his auditors, except that all England could have participated in the ex cellent diversion of the former, and that the latter could have stolen out of the crowd to revive themselves with a mouthful of air. Reverting to the mra of the Em peror Constantine, when Christianity was first established by law, it was ably shown, not only that the corruptions which subsequently appeared in the Church had arisen out of causes antecedent to, and wholly independent of, the civil establishment of religion, but that, in point of fact, the legal maintenance provided for a national priesthood was a wise and efficient precaution to protect the people against the mercenary extortions and the obsequious wheedling too often practised under spiritual pretences by the grasping and . unendowed ecclesiastic. This point was put and argesed with triumphant power, and when we recol lect that Lord Melbourne recently refused to increase the clergy of Scotland, on this declared ground, among others, that he doubted the propriety of multiplying an order of men to go into people's houses and exact pecuniary sacrifices for the professed spread of religion, we could not hut, ish that his Lordship had heard the inimitable descrip tion which Dr. Chalmers gave of the regulated and re. 'ponsible movements of an endowed hierarchy, compared • with the endless temptations and - facilities of the voluntary preacher to make Merchandise' of his ghostly influences, to sponge the weak and credulous, and to practise those death bed tamperings against which, as a protection against the voluntary system, the Statute of Mortmain was originally enacted. But we must close. We were glad to observe that his Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge, with a multitude of other distinguished persons, was present at the lecture, which imparted, we are quite sure, conviction and delight to every impartial person who heard it.—Times. It is no wonder that the people of England should feel grievously disappointed at the conduct of the Re formed Parliament ; but it would say very little for their good sense, if, instead of reaping such a lesson as they ought from this disappointment, they should continue to be the dupes of the sordid and scheming men to whom the inefficiency of Reform is really attributable. The present Ministers were outwardly Reformers, and con tributed such aid as they were capable of contributing, to the Reform Bill ; but if ever men's real minds in any • great matter in which they were engaged might be de duced from their subsequent conduct, it may fairly be con cluded that these Ministers had in view nothing nobler, or more extensive, or more nationally useful, than their own advancement to the direction of state affairs, or their per manent establishment therein. It is just possible that they thought this advantage to themselves, and the advantage of the nation, either identical or inseparable. Their opinion of their own capacity may have led to this conclusion ; but if that were really what they contemplated, the people have had but too abundant reason to disbelieve utterly the accuracy of their discernment. Of the 27 public measures now in some stage or another before the House of Commons, and of the seven additional measures which have been promised as likely to be forthcoming, there is not even one, which can be said to be of any particular interest to the great body of the people. The condition of the working classes regarding the practical matters which affect their condition, whether as to support, to education, or to recreation, would be almost quite the same, whether the measures in Parlia ment, or likely to be in Parliament, this Session, should pass into law, or never be advanced a single step beyond their present position. There never was a House of Legislature owing its existence, or at all events its present mode of existence, to what may be call a popular movement, which in its proceedings exhibits less of the popular character, than the present House of Commons. It would be unfair, we think, to attribute this to defects in the pre senttsttttlllo,l ee:ae mHua t obl h raors, e ,tueos o l po immediatesrr ebno y i:on o swig f . bhcta.i which nc e tdhny p closov r aone e usel:r s : a e tii ernahst n egi hiahtti representation. prevalent ought tendencies uanwyl It may be the fault of a general flatness and deadness of the public mind, or of presents e l t ey h g l e e l hhacetbteehsalartorrtnood abandonment i u og f i don g uso nl itselfmrli meftf o s oaooe o n rdnr c e elt i aeertesao-not their ydf) r "‘ e. . a . )nhe. money-grasping Butoi d‘ n . It n:t lnstead tt u an pt sp o ca f nn m dt o e tnh b be inflamed n i doing n a fi i a o m 'nv gene ral principle, or any practical improvement. That they wish well to sound principles, and to the g eneral good, we do not mean or d es i re to di spute , but their wishes are not so strong as to induce them to make any stre nuous exertion, or to disturb that state of things in which they find themselves tolerably comfortable. As for the Ministers, when they look upon the remarkably fortunate circumstances in which they stand—when they consider that with no particular eminence of talent, or elevation of character, or felicity of aristocratical influence, they are, nevertheless, in the highest positions of power, and by no means the lowest positions of profit in this country—there can be little question that they think a better state of effa'rs could scarcely exist, We think it very probable that each of her Majesty's Ministers may be ready to exclaim with Othello, when he met Desdemona in the Isle of Cyprus— " My sc.nlitath her content so absolute That not another comfort like to this Succeeds in unknown fate." 'Ph ry cannot be better, but they may be much worse, so they arc all for a quiet life, and especially for no such agitating question as might lead to a change of Adminis- Itration. On the other side, the Conservative leaders happen to be, by the possession of commanding talents, the • principal men in the House of Commons, and by the pos session of ample fortunes, quite indifferent to the emolu meats of official station. Their ambition is gratified by the exhibition of their superiority as Parliament men, and their self-interest is not piqued by desire of those advantage s which they can so well afford to do without. The trouble of office would not be recompensed to them by the gain of office, and if, under these circumstances, g weakened. i the motive to active exertion be not wholl y obliterat ed , there can be no doubt that it is exceedi n g l y Men require the impulse of ambition, or of ntercst, or of enthusiasm for the public good. None of these impulses appear to bear upon the Conservative leaders. The end of all this is a kind of stagnation in the House of the repre sentatives of the people, upon such questions as km . .fifths of the people are most concerned in. A due protection for willing industry—a healthful sy s t em of careful attention t o the improvement of moral habits, especially in densely populated places—a plan of gen era l education (including, of'course, discipline) for the young—means of healthful recreation for the masses—all these are, at present, "dropped motions." The people themselves, through the press, will have to set about the remedy of these neglect ful habits in the Legislature.—Morning Herald. THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY, APRIL 30, 1838. HER MAJESTY'S DRAWING-ROOM Her Majesty went from the New Palace to St. James's, Thursday afternoon with her suite in three carriages, and held a Drawing Room, the second this season. The Duchess of Kent came in state to the Drawing Room, escorted by a party, of Life Guards. Her Royal Highness was attended by Lady Flora Hastings, General Sir George Anson, and Captain the Hon. Frederick Spencer. Her Royal Highness entered the Palace by the Colour Court. Her Royal Highness's dress on the occasion was composed entirely of British manufacture. The - Duke of Cambridge and Prince George of Cambridge entered the Palace by the same Court-yard. Their Royal Highnesses were attended by Colonel Cornwall. The Princess Augusta, attended by Lady Mary Pelham and Sir Benjamin Stephenson; the Duchess of Gloucester, attended by Lady Caroline Legge; and the Duke of Sussex were also present at the Drawing Room. Her Majesty's Honourable Corps of Gentlemen at Arms, commanded by Mr. Reeve, Standard-bearer of the Corps, were on duty in the State Rooms at the entrances reserved for the Royal Family. The Queen was attended by Lady Barham (in Waiting) ; Countess of Charlemont and Lady Portman, Ladies in Wait ing ; Honourable Misses Pitt, Paget, Dillon, Cavendish, Spring Rice, and Lister, Maids of Honour; Lady Caroline Barrington (in Waiting); Lad.) , Gardner, Lady Harriet Clive, and the Hon. Mrs. George Campbell, Bedchamber Women ; Lord Gardner, Lord in Waiting ; Hon. C. Mur ray, Groom in Waiting ; the Lord Chamberlain, the Master of the Horse, the Treasurer of the Household, the Comp troller of the Household, the Hon. Colonel Cavendish, Clerk Marshal; Colonel Wemyss (in Waiting), and Lord Alfred Paget, Equerries . ; Masters Cavendish and Cowell, Pages of Honour. At the entree the following (foreign) presentation to her Majesty took place. Madame P. Ralli, the Lady of the Greek Consul-General, by Princess Soutzo, the Lady of the Grecian Minister. The entree Drawing-room was attended by the Austrian and Russian Ambassadors, Sarim, Ottoman Ambassador, and M. Salame, her Majesty's Oriental Interpreter ; the Neapo litan, Prussian, Wurtemburg, Danish Ministers; the Bava rian Minister, and Baroness Cetto ; the Netherlands, Bra zilian, United States, Spanish, Sardinian Ministers; Princess Soutzo, the Lady of the Grecian Minister; the Hanoverian and Saxon Ministers ; Baron de Bourqueney, French Charge d'Affaires; Prince Nicolas Esterhazy, M. de Hummelauer, First Secretary, and Baron Lebzeltern, Attache, to the Aus trian Embassy; Count de Forbin Janson, Attache to the French Embassy ; Baron Werther, Secretary to the Prussian Lega tion ; Count Revel, Secretary to the Sardinian Legation ; Mr. Macedo, Secretary to the Brazilian Legation ; Baron Bertouch, Attache to the Danish Legation ; Emeen Effendi, Secretary to the Ottoman Embassy ; also Bekir Bey, Colonel in the Turkish Army; M. Ralli, the Greek Consul-General; the Archbishop of Canterbury, the Lord Chancellor, the Captain of the Honourable Corps of Gentlemen-at- Arms ; Viscount Combermere, Gold Stick in Waiting; the Master of the Ceremonies; Sir Edwin Pearson, Lieutenant of the Yeo men Guard; Lord Radstock, Naval Aide-de-Camp in Wait ing ; Colonel Wynyard, Aide-de-Camp to the Queen ; Capt. Houlton Ensign of the Yeomen Gua r d ; Mr. A. B ee th am , Clerk of Cheque of the Honourable Corps of Gentlemen at- Arms ; Mr. Ellerthorp, Clerk of the Cheque of the Yeo men Guard ; Captains Belairs, Exon in Waiting ; Major Hyde, Assistant Master and Marshal of the Ceremonies; the Groom of the Robes; Lieut.-Colonel Reid, 2d Life Guards, Silver Stick; Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Frederick Smith, Gen tleman Usher of the Privy Chamber ; and Mr. Blackwood, Gentleman Usher in Waiting. Amongst the general company were— Dual—Somerset. DUCHESS—Somerset. MARCHIONESS—Lothian. EARLS--Uxbridge, De Grey. COUNTESSES—Morton, Uxbridge, Ashburnham, De La Warr, Euston, De Grey. VlSCOUNT—Melbourne. VISCOUNTESSES—Dowager Dillon, Powerscourt, Newark, Asbbrook, Dungarvon, Barrington. Loxes—Euston, John Russell. LADlES—Antrobus, Gomm, Ernest Brudenell Bruce, Frances Douglas, Langdale, Eleanor Paget, Langham, Eli zabeth Smyth, Blantyre, A. Vernon Wentworth, Emily Kerr, Louisa Kcrr, Frederica Kerr, Georgina Mitford, Cottenham, Rosa Nugent, Cowley, Sarah Ingestrie. Willoughby d'Eresby, Frances Higginson, De Saumarez, Howden, Maclaine, Sco vell, Agnes Buller, Duff Gordon, Louisa Fitz Roy, Elizabeth West, Gordon, Mary Vyner, Isabella Wemyss, Rosstock, Manners, Rolle, Dowager Clinton. BlSHOPS—Winchester, Durham, Ely. RIGHT HONOURABLE— \V. Sturges Bourne. HONOURABLES—Barcn Dimsdale, Mrs. Maule, Mr. William "Herbert, Miss Hope Johnstone, Mary Hope Johnstone, Ba roness Dimsdale, Miss Flower, Frances Stuart, C. Stuart, F. Mania, M. P., Miss Wellesley, John Charles Dundas, Lady Williams Wynn, Mrs. Abercromby, Miss Willoughby, Mrs. O'Grady, Mrs. Westenra, Thomas Dundas, Edmund Phipps. Ray. DOCTOR Hawtrey. R.V. MESSIEURS—CharIes Wesley, John Abbess. MESSIEURS—Cox, Chichester, M.P., Richard Wingfield, Mitford, Spiers, M.P., William Russell, Cooper, Booth, r eres. M w tsTnEssEs—Howley, Maltby, Hugh Fitzroy, Henry Pe opys, Seymour, Conolly, Grosvenor, (Colonel) R eeves , G ore ?Browne, Charles Summer, Cox, Weymouth, Richard Wing field, Gurney, Wilson, William Burrewes, Brownlow Poulter, Watkins, Robert Howard, Stepney Cowell, Gage, (Colonel) RobertsonlSpeirs, Cooper Cooper, Somerville, Robert Gos ling, (Admiral) Lawford, William Russell, Anson, Berkeley Paget, Nassau Sutton. Misses—Angela Burdett Coutts, Antrobus, Ann Antrnbus, !Reeves, Dimsdale. Laura Cox, Herbert, Caroline Lechmere, !Smyth, Maria Smith, Langham, Robertson, Ann Robertson, ! Storer, Ann Storer, Cooper Cooper, Caroline Cooper Cooper, 'Hagart, Somerville, Mary Somerville, Allen, Wellesley, Johnstone, Sophia Gage, K. Williams Wynn, H. Williams Wynn, Julia Wilbraham, Emily Wilbraham, Eliza Wilbraham, Sturges Bourne, Clara Coventry, Gordon, Duff Gordon, Sutton, Isabella Sutton, Laura Paget. Admiral Lawford. Captain J. W. Montagu, R.N. COMMANDERS—Bisset, R. N. ; F. Blackwood, R N. GENERALS—Sir William Gomm, Lord Howden, Sir Robert H. Dick. Coraseres—Morillyon Wilson, Gore Browne, Miller, Story, Sir A. Maclaine, Reeves, C. 8., Conolly. Major Frederick Johnston. CAPTAINS —Waymouth, Hugh Fitzroy. LIICTRNANTS —Lord Blantyre, Woodham. The following ladies were presented to her Majesty : Countess of Morton, by Lady Portman. Marchioness of Lothian, by Lady Sarah Ingestrie. Lady Gomm, by the Marchioness of Lothian. The Honourable Miss Flower, by her mother, the 'Viscountess Ashbrook. Lady Antrobus. by the Countess of Charlemont. Viscountess Dillon, by the Dowager Viscountess Dillon. Mrs. C. Sumner, by the Hon. Mrs. Erskine. Mrs. Grosvenor, by Lady Willoughby d'Eresby. Lady F. Douglas, by the Countess of Morton. Hon. Mary Hope Johnstone, by Viscountess Barrington. Mrs. Gore Browne, by Lady Langdale. Lady Elizabeth Smyth, by the Countess of Euston. Lady Hugh Fitzroy, by the Countess of Euston. Mrs. Henry Pepys, by Lady Cottenham. Miss Smyth, by her mother, Lady Elizabeth Smyth. Miss Reeves, by her mother, Mrs. Colonel Reeves. Miss Dimsdale, by her mother, the Baroness Dimsdale. Miss Maria Smyth, by her mother, Lady Elizabeth Smyth. Lady Langham, by the Hon. Mrs. Abercromby. Mrs. Maltby, by the Countess of Euston. Miss Langham, by Lady Langham. Miss Antrobus, by her mother, Lady Antrobus. Hon. Mrs. Maule, by the Hon. Mrs. Abercromby. Miss Anno Antrobus, by her mother, Lady Antrobus, Mrs. Richard Wingfield, by her sister, Lady Cottenham. Mrs. Howley, by Lady Manners. Mrs. Conolly, by the Countess of Charlemont. Mrs. Seymour, by the Duchess of Somerset. Miss Laura Cox, by Mrs. Cox. Miss Caroline Lechmere, by her sister, Lady de Saumarez. Lady Blantyre, by the Duchess of Somerset. Hon. Mrs. O'Grady, by the Hon. Mrs. B. Paget, Lady Mary Vyner; by the Countess de Grey. Lady Duff Gordon, by the Countess of Charlemont. Lady Emily Kerr, by the Marchioness of Lothian. Hon. Miss Willoughby, by Lady Willoughby d'Eresby. Lady Maclaine, by Lady J. Wemyss. Miss Hagart, by her sister, Mrs. Speirs. Miss Allen, by Mrs Maltby. Miss Johnston, by the Countess De la Warr. Mrs. Gurney, by Lady J. Wemyss. Viscountess Ashbrook, by the Marchioness of Downshire: Lady do Saumarez. Hon. Catherine Stuart, by the Duohesa of Somerset. Lady Scovell, by the Marchioness of Downshire. Viscountess Dungarvon, by Dowager Lady Clinton. Lady Frances Higginson, by the Countess of Bandon. Viscountess Barrington, by Lady C. Barrington. Lady Georgians Mitford, by the Countess of Ashburnham. Lady Louisa Kerr, by the Marchioness of Lothian. Mrs. Wilson, by Lady Walker. Miss Sutton, by her mother, Mrs. Nassau Sutton. Lady Frederick Kerr, by the Marchioness of Lothian. Mrs. Wm. Burrowes, by Lady E. Bruce. Lady Rosa Nugent, by Lady Cowley. Lady Augusta Vernon Wentworth, by Lady E. Bruce. Hon. Frances Stuart, by the Duchess of Somerset. Mrs. Brownlow Poulter, by the Duchess of Somerset. Mrs. Watkins, by her sister, Lady de Saumarez. Miss Robertson, of Hallcraig, by the Marchioness of Lans downe. Miss Sturges Bourne, by Mrs. Howley. Miss Ann Robertson, of Hallcraig, by the Marchioness of Lansdowne. Hon. Lady Williams Wynn, by Dowager Viscountess Dillon. Mrs. Robert Howard, by the Countess of Wicklow. Mrs. Stepney Cowell, by the Hon. Mrs. Westenra. Mrs. Col. Robertson, of Hallcraig, by the Marchioness of Lansdowne. Mrs. Gage, by the Dowager Lady Clinton. Mrs. Speirs, by the Countess of Charlemont. Mrs. Robert Gosling, by Lady Cottenham. Mrs. Lanford, by Lady A. Buller. Mr. Nassau Sutton, by Lady Sutton. Mrs. Somerville, by Lady Langdale. Miss Duff Gordon, by Lady Duff Gordon. Miss Isabella Sutton, by her mother, Mrs. Nassau Sutton. Miss Clara Coventry, by the Hon. Mrs. Westenra. Miss Laura Paget, by Mrs. Berkeley Paget. Miss Henrietta Williams W)nn, by the Dowager Viscountess Dillon. Miss Soverville, by Mrs. Somerville. Miss Katharine Williams Wynn, by the Dowager Lady Dillon. Miss Sophia Gage, by her mother, Mrs. Gage. Miss Eliza Wilbraham, Miss Emily Wilbraham, and Miss Julia Wilbraham, by Mrs. Grosvenor. Miss C. Cooper, and Miss C. C. Cooper, by their mother, Mrs. C. Cooper. Her Majesty gave audiences to Colonel Ellison, Grena dier Guards, Field Officer in Brigade Waiting ; Lieut.- Colonel Spencer Stanhope, Grenadier Guards, Captain of the Queen's Guard; the Marquis Conynbam, and the Earl of Albemarle. THE MARKETS.-(SATURDAY•) NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL. supply of all descriptions of town and country killed Meat, and trade very good, prices higher. Beef 2s. 6d. to 3s. Bd. Mutton 25. 6d. to 3s. Bd. Veal 3s. 6d. to 4s. Sd. Pork 3s. Sd. to 4s. Bd. ; Irish 3s. 4d. to 3s. Sd. Poultry in good supply but trade very heavy, prices still high. The following were the prices of each of the articles quoted;- Leverets ss. Goslings 6s. to 9s. Ducklings 6s. to 75., very high. Chickens Is. 3d. to Is. 9d. Rabbits Is. 6d. Turkey Poults ss. Guinea Fowls 4s. 6d. Fowls 4s. to 7s. Pigeons 6d. and 9d. Pea Hens 10s. Eggs in fair supply and in good demand, prices unvaried from last week, being 4s. 6d. to ss. 9d. per 120. COVENT-GARDEN. The market keeps improving, both in the quantity and quality of the vegetables ; and business is brisker. Things are still dear, particularly those which are tot ced, as Strawberries. HUNGERFORD MARKET. Fish to-day in good supply, and prices reasonable. Turbot, 55. to 155., 165., and 17s. for large; Soles, Is. to 3s. per pair, and higher; Cod, 11.6 d. to 55., 65., and 7s. for large. Meat, supply good, and trade brisk. Beet, 61d. to Bd.; Mutton, 7d. to Bd.; Veal, 7d. to Gd. ; Pork, 7d. to Sd. per lb., all prime quality. Lobsters dear. Vegetables in increasing supply, and prices more reasonable. Hay and Clover without variation. CITY FISH MARKET. To.day there was a good supply of all kinds of Fish, and prices were lower. Trade lively, the weather being in its favour. Cod Is. to ss. 6d. and 7s. each ; Lobsters Is. to ss. and 6s. each ; Turbot ss. to ISs. ; Mackerel 4d. to Bd. each ; Salmon Is. 6d. to :2s. per lb. These are the prices of good fish. Commas, Fish plentiful and low in price. TALLOW MARKET. er)eigeatidodowsurippalyies, sasgia.intote-idoaoys!;business was brisk, and prices P.Y.C. to-day was 50s. on the spot, and 45 5. f or delivery. HAY MARKETS. r r sed e s w g. Clover ditto, 100s.to 1155 to 445. per load. • I Straw,unaThlte • METAL MARKET. English Bar Iron must be quoted at 2s. 6d. per ton lower ; the price now being N. 155. ; Pig, 61. ss. ; Lead, 211. 10s. ; Spanish, 20/. 10s. ; Spatter, lil. The market very dull indeed, and scarcely any thing passing. BRIEF SUMMARY OF THE COLONI AL MARKETS DURING THE WEEK. The transactions were very heavy, and ` the market very dull, until S u gar on the whole is Is. l ower; Refined Goods, Is. w yesterday, when a better feeling prevailed and prices became firmer, and both Bengal and Mauritius Su ga r r ecovered to the prices of last t all round 2d. p er lb. lower than those of last sa le ; Pe pp er and Pime nto rather lower; Molasses, Is. lower; Rum, Id. p er g allon l ower ; R ice unaltered. The Indigo l w o ec e k r . ; T B ° . AP. Sale over, and prices averagin g Sale finished, and prices averaging Gd. and 9d, per lb. lower than last sale. The imports on the whole have been to a fair extent ; the exports and deliveries light, than otherwise. There is but very little colonial produce at present advertised for next week. LIVERPOOL CORN MARKET, APRIL 27. Since our last report the imports of grain, and also of Flour, have been extremely light, but with Oatmeal we are liberally supplied. Our market this morning was well attended, and a fair portion of business took place in Wheat at fully our last quotations. There was very little Barley offering, and good Malt was also scarce, consequently these arti cles were the turn dearer, as was likewise Flour, which met with a ready sale. Oats, on the contrary, were dull, though not anything lower in price; but Oatmeal was purchased to a fair extent at the rates of last market day. Beans were in somewhat better demand. Peas were more difficult to part with at our former 'Pates. LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET, APRIL 27. The sales effected in Cotton this day amount altogether to 4,000 bags. Holders appear extremely firm, and an excellent feeling exists amongst the trade generally. Our last quotations remain unaltered. PRICE OF SUGAR. The average price of Muscovado Sugar, from the returns made idlBO3rBP is 33 3 . 9id. per Cwt., the payable In the e in xe t l h u e si vi ve ee o k f end ing Dutiesthe 24 0 f t c h u e s t r oms p April, a Importa tion thereof into Great Britain. Mr. Goss has been appointed organist to St. Paul's cathedral, vacant by the decease of the lamented Mr. Attwood. LADIES' DRESSES. HER MAJESTY. Train of rich gold tissue, lined with white satin, and trimmed with a gold roulesu ; dress of white satin, tastefully trimmed with blonde, with rich gold cord and tassels; the body and sleeves splendidly ornamented with diamonds and emeralds. Head-dress, feathers, diamonds, and lappets. H. R. H. THE DUCHESS OF KENT. Train of blue poplin, richly brocaded in silver (of Irish manufacture), elegantly trimmed with a silver border and blonde ; dress of white satin, brocaded in silver, and trimmed with silver blonde; the body and sleeves ornamented with diamonds and blonde. Headdress, feathers, diamonds, and lappets. H. R. H. THE PRINCESS AUGUSTA. A dress of white brocaded satin, handsomely trimmed with blonde lace; manteau of lilac satin, tastefully trimmed with blonde. Head-dress, splendid silver toque, blonde lappets, feathers, and diamonds. H. R. H. THE DUCHESS OF GLOUCESTER. A train of very rich pomona green satin, trimmed with superb Brussels point lace, and lined with white satin; body and sleeves splendidly trimmed with point lace, and stomacher of diamonds; dress of magnificent Brussels point, over a satin the same as the train, fastened in spaces with agraffes and diamonds. Head-dress, feathers and diamonds; lappets of Brussels point. DUCHESS OF SOMERSET.—Dress of white gauze Iris, richly embroidered in holly, with green velvet and gold lama, avec bordure et montat, over rich white satin; train of superb emerald Genoa velvet, trimmed round vyith a gold chef; body and sleeves richly trimmed with gold lace, and bouquets of opals and diamonds. Head-dress, plume of feathers, with a wreath a Is Ceres in holly, to correspond. COUNTESS CHARLEMONT.—Dress of white tulle, richly em broidered in gold lama a colonnes, with two flounces to corres pond ; train of rich figured chrysophras satin ; body and sleeves trimmed with blonde. Headdress, white and gold, with fea thers to correspond, and blonde lappets. COUNTESS OF 'UXBRIDGE. —A rich white satin Court dress, elegantly trimmed with blonde lace and gold corsage, at manches a la Afaintenon, with mantilla and ruffles of deep blonde lace ; train of handsome blue watered gros de Na ples, lined with satin, and beautifully ornamented with gold trimming. Headdress, handsome white ostrich :feathers, blonde lace lappets, pearls and diamonds ; necklace and ear rings to correspond. COUNTESS DE GREY.—A blue-shot-white satin manteae, lined with white silk, and trimmed with point lace; a petti coat of white satin, trimmed in volants of :point, en tableau Headdress, white ostrich feathers, tipped with blue ; ornaments diamonds. MADAME LA COMTESSE DE NIALTZAN.—A rich white gros de Naples dress, moire rayee et broche ; un riche manteau en sole Pompadour, broche bleu et blanc ; sabots and mantilla, in rich Chantilly blonde. Headdress, feathers, blonde lappets, and diamonds. VISCOUNTESS ASHBROOK.—Train of white satin richly em ceded with cerise flowers, tastefully trimmed with blonde and cerise ribbon; dress of rich white satin, the body and sleeves ornamented with diamonds and blonde. Headdress, a tiara of diamonds, feathers and blonde lappets. VISCOUNTESS DUNGAItIiON.—A Court costume, composed of white crape over rich white satin, handsomely trimmed with marabouts, roses, and ribbon ; train composed of rich pink satin, lined through with white satin, and handsomely trimmed with ribbons and tulle; body ornamented with marabouts, roses, and blonde. Head-dress, lappets, feathers, and diamonds, VISCOUNTESS PownescoueT.—Train of blue gros d'Orient, trimmed with bouquets of mulberry blossom; Brussels point mantilla and sabots ; lace petticoat. over white satin. Head dress, feathers and point lappets; ornaments, diamonds and sapphires. VISCOUNTESS BARRINGTON —A black crape dress, very ele gantly trimmed with volants and ribbons ; a beautiful train in rich black moire, trimmed with jet; sabots and mantilla in black crape. Head-dress, black feathers and jet. VISCOUNTESS S. INGESTRIE.—A beautiful white crape dress, elegantly trimmed with tulle, and blue dahlia flowers ; a splendid blue broche silk train, trimmed with a bouillon and ribbons ; sabot and mantilla in rich Chantilly blonde. Head dress, feathers, blonde lappets, and a profusion of diamonds. VISCOUNTESS NEWARK.—Habit de Cour, a rich brocaded pou de soie, tastefully arranged with bouquets, trimmed with silver, lined with rich ducape; corsage a hi point ; les manches et corsage ornamented with rich Brussels lace ; su perb Brussels lace petticoat, over rich pou de soie ; autour la corsage un argent bullion cordelicr; ornaments, pearls and costly diamonds. Headdress, plumes and diamonds ; neck lace en suite ; rich Brussels lace lappets. VISCOUNTESS DILLON.— Dress and tunique of tulle, over rich white satin, and looped on the side with a moss rose ; train of rich sky blue velvet, with body and sleeves richly trimmed with Monde. Head-dress, feathers, blonde lappets, and brilliants. BARONESS DIMSDALE.—A dress of pale pink crare, beauti fully embroidered in white and silver, with magnificent flounces ; berthe and sabots of silver blonde ; corsage a pointe, ornamented with diamonds; train of rich pink and white braided satin, trimmed with silver and lined with white satin. Head-dress, superb diamonds, ostrich feathers, and blonde lappets. Diamond earrings and Sevignc. LADY Romx.—White dress, embroidered in silver lama, with a deep flounce to correspond ; train of rich blue poplin, brocaded in silver, with body and sleeves trimmed with blonde. Headdress, feathers, blonde lappets, and brilliants. LADY FLORA HASTINGS.—Costume de Cour a la Mcdicis, composed of a very rich blue and white silk train brocaded, handsomely trimmed with blonde and ribbon, with a rich berthe of blonde and sabots of the same ; skirt of magnificent white satin, handsomely trimmed with bouquets of marabouts and blue flowers. Headdress, ostrich feathers and pearls; lar.pets of Chantilly blonde. LADY WILLOUGHBY GORDON.—Costume de Cour, corn- posed of a magnificent dress of white silk ; train of very rich you de soie most elegrantly trimmed with ribbons, &c. Headdress, lappets of Chantilly blonde and costly diamonds. LADY W. D'ERESBY.—Dress of blue gaze d'Orleans, over blue Bros d'Naples, and trimmed en tablier with superb Brus sels point lace; train of rich blue velours des In des, trimmed with superb Brussels point lace, body and sleeves to corre spnd. Headdress,- feathers, blonde lappets, and brilliants. LADY E. PAGET.—Court dress of tulle, over a white satin slip, prettily trimmed with silver acorns and green leaves; corsage et manchcs a la Fontanges ; mantilla and ruffles of rich blonde lace ; train of white figured silk, lined with satin, and elegantly trimmed with white satin ribbon and roses. Headdress, white ostrich feathers, rich blonde lace lappets, diamond sad pearl ornaments, with necklace and earrings to correspond. LADY JOHN RUSSELL.—A beautiful petticoat of rich white satin ; an elegant tulle dress, trimmed with a volant of Chan tilly blonde ; a , superb manteau ; sabots and mantilla in blonde. Headdress, feathers, and lappets; ornaments, diamonds. LADY AGNES BULLER..—Court robe of rich green velvet, tastefully ornamented with gold ; corsage a la Marie Stuart, handsomely trimmed with point lace, and sabots of the same elegalit material ; a rich figured white satin petticoat, with a volante of tulle, trimmed with ribbon. Headdress, feathers and diamonds; necklace and earrings en suite. LADY PORTNIAN.—A very rich satin dress, covered with white tulle, elegantly trimmed with ruches and ribbons ; a beautiful blue silk broche train, trimmed with blonde, and a bouillon of tulle, British manufacture; sabots and mantilla in rieh Chantilly blonde. Headdress, feathers and parure of diamonds. LADY DUFF GORDON.—An elegant white satin dress; a beautiful lilac satin train, trimmed with ribbon ; sabots and mantilla in rich point lace ; ornaments, diamonds. Head dress, feathers and lace lappets. LADY ROSA NUGENT.—An elegant white crape dress; a rich blue satin train, trimmed with a bouillonne of tulle ; sa bots and mantilla in blonde. Headdress, feathers, blonde lappets, and diamonds. LADY LANGDALE.—DreSS of white crape, over white satin, ornamented with flowers ; train of rich moire.gris, lined with white you de soie, and trimmed with blonde ; body and sleeves richly trimmed with blonde. Headdress, plume of feathers, blonde lappets, and diamonds. LADY H. Cuve.--Petticoat of blonde, over white satin ; train of rich white satin, trimmed round with tulle and bouquets of wild roses and heath ; body and sleeves to correspond, richly trimmed with fine blonde. Headdress, diamonds, feathers, and blonde lappets. LADY COWLEY.— A. rich white satin dress, ornamented with an elegant blonde flounce ; reanteau of emerald green velvet, trimmed with rich blonde. Headdress, ostrich feathers, blonde lappets, diamond necklace, and earrings. LADY A. V. WENYWORTH.—A white blonde dress, with two deep flounces, body and sleeves ornamented with blonde; train of violet velvet, lined with white satin, and trimmed with two rows of Swansdown. Headdress, ostrich feathers and a splen set of diamonds, consisting of earrings, brooch and necklace, and blonde lappets. LADY NIAuIAINE.—A pink-figured satin dress, trimmed with flowers and ribbons; Sevigne and sabots of rich blonde; white satin train, elegantly trimmed with ruche tulle illusion and flowers. Headdress, ostrich feathers and diamonds. LADY M. VINER.—A manteau of purple Genoa velvet, lined with white satin, and trimmed with Mechlin lace ; pet ticoat of white you de soie, trimmed with tulle and flowers. Headdress, white ostrich feathers and pearls. LADT Hownxtr.—White satin petticoat, trimmed with blonde lace; train, mais.coloured figured Irish poplin, lined with Bros de Naples and ornamented with ruches of tulle illu sion and satin ribbons; rich blonde lace berthe and sabots. Headdress, whit• Chantilly blonde, rich plume of ostrich feathers and blonde lappets ; ornaments, brilliants and pearls. LADY WYNN.—A rich brocaded satin Chinois, richly trimmed with point d' Alencon : cheruse and sabots ; rich fi gured white satin skirt, ornamented with a deep flounce. Headdress, feathers and diamonds. MISS BURDETT COUTTS.—Dress of tulle illusion, over white satin; body and sleeves richly ornamented with blonde lace and camellias ; train of rich white satin, lined with silk, and trimmed with a garniture of tulle, satin, and blonde lace, intermixed with camellias. Headdress, feathers and blonde lappets; ornaments of pearls, and pearl necKlace, , FROM FRIDAY NIGHT'S GAZETTE- WHITEHALLTAPRIL 25, 1838. The Queen has been pleased to appoint John Shaw Stervtatt , Esq., to be Sheriff Depute of the shire or sheriffdom of Stirlingo in the room of Sir Reginald Macdonald Steuart Seton, Bart., de— ceased. The Queen has also been pleased to appoint Robert Hunter, ate, to be Sheriff-Depute of the shire or sheriffdom of the islan d of 13ute, in the room of James Ivory, Esq., resigned. DOWNING-STREET, Arm!. 25. The Queen has been pleased to appoint Henry Loving, Esq., to be Secretary and Clerk of the Council and of the Crown, in the Island of Monserratt. The Queen has also been pleased to appoint Edward Power, Esq- , to be her Majesty's Advocate in the Colony of Sierra Leone. The Queen has also been pleased to appoint Herbert Castle Southey, Esq., to be Harbour 111 aster at Demerara, in the Colon,' of British Guiana. WAR-OFFICE, Arita'. 27. 4th Regiment of Dragoon Guards--Cornet G. Rochfort to b b : Lieutenant, by purchase, vise Jones, who retires ; G. T. C Jae r ,. Gent., to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Rochfort; Lie ut. Ibbetson to be Adjutant, vice Gosset, who resigns the Adjutant*, only, April 27. Bth Regiment of Foot—Lieut. E. H. Greathsd to be Cattalo, by purchase, vice Pringle, who retires ; Ensign H. Mitt) b e ie u t° " tenant, by purchase, vice Grcathed ; P. A. Iremonger, Orent" be Ensign, by purchase, vice Hill, April 27. nt ef 20th Foot—Lieut. H. D. Crofton, from the 56 th Regime ‘,7. Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Hollinsvrorth, who exchanges, Apr. 56th Foot—Lieut. H. Hollinsworth, from the 20th Regimes o f Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Crofton, who exchanges, April 27. 94th Foot—Ensign T. F. Seale to be-Lieutenant, by purches., vice Lecky, who retires; M. Osborne, Gent., to be Ensign, byp'iv chase, vice Seals, April 27. 98th Foot—Lieut. C. Granst to be Captain, by purchase , Vic e Fielding who retires ; Ensign T. H. Lovett to be Lieutenant; 14 purchase, vice Granet ; J. R. Carnac, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Lovett, April 27. BREVET. Major F. R. Chesney, of the Royal Artillery, to be Lient i r Colonel in the Army ; Lieut. G. Maclean, on the half-pay of t`.' e Royal African Colonial Corps, to have the local rank of.CaptalP during the period of his being employed on the Gold Coast of Ay rica, April 27. MEMORANDUM. Sergeant-Major W. Miller, who is stated in the " Gazett e n °C the 24th of April, 1838, to have been appointed Quartermaster I the 71st Foot, vice Brodribb, appointed to the 14th Light Drag°° °s ' was appointed Quartermaster of the 72d Regiment, and not the 71st Foot. Commissions signed by the Lord Lieutenant of Shroysbire. be North Salopian Yeomanry Cavalry.—G. S. Hill, Esq t ° Captain, vice Warren ; J. Croxon, Esq., to be ditto, vitil Bridg man ; G. Harper, Esq., to be ditto, vice Vaughton ; T. D.. Br° l l , - 0 Gent., to be Lieutenant, vice Jebb ; R. Niccolls, Gent., to ditto, vice Clarke ; C. Clay, Gent., to be ditto, vice Harper; H. Kinchant, Gent., to be ditto, vice Croxon. Commissions signed by the Lord Lieutenant of Surrey. to 2d Regiment of Royal Surrey Robinson, Gen t. be Lieutenant, vice Taylor, promoted in the Line, April 22. lig Surrey Regiment of Yeomanry Cavalry—C. Corkran, Esq. to Captain, vice Sir H. Fletcher, Bart. resigned, April 21. Commissions signed by the Lord Lieutenant of Warwickshir e. Warwickshire Regiment of Yeomanry Cavalry.—D. Gent., to be Cornet, vice Bromfield, resigned, April 2. shire, an Bgh of Kin g av ton.upon- East York Militia.d orou —Sir H. M. Vasour, Bart. H , uIL to be "' a j ar ' vice G. H. Thompson, promoted, April 21. Commissions by the Lord Lieutenant of Norfolk. be Norfolk Corps of Yeomanry Cavalry.—Captain C. Loftus tve Major, vice Lord Sondes, resigned ; Lieutenant B. Caltheel l d i t to, Captain, vice Loftus, promoted; Lieutenant F. Ives to be vice Sandiford resigned; Quartermaster J. Digings to be tenant, vice Caldwell, promoted, April 9. Gallo DECLARATION OF INSOLVENCY. CHARLES VERRALL, grocer. Lewes. BANKRUPTS. JOHN BILI.ITT, cattle-salesman, Northfleet, Kent, to lur render May 15 and June 8, at eleven, at the Court of Bankr u p tcy Graham, Basinghall-street, official assignee ; Sandell, Bread -street, C 0, BENJAMIN BROWN, oilman, New Windsor, May 5, at and June 8, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Johnson', e, singhall-street, official assignee; Bartholomew, Gray's Inn - r ac Gra ROBERT Inn. 8, REYNOLDS, cabinet-maker, Manchester, 3 'l', at one, and June 8, at ten, at the Commissioners'-rooms, Mauch X, ter. Adlington, Gregory, Faulkner, and Follett, Bedfo rd -r London ; Hart, Manchester. 9 JOHN KING KENT, money-scrivener, Craven-street, S.r.,"eic... May 12, at two, and June 8, at eleven, at the Court of ruptcy. Alsager, 13irchin-lane ; and Platts, Southampton -bu ' ings, Holborn. THOMAS TROLLOP, beer-seller, Friskney, Lincobnosshti: May 3, and June 8, at twelve, at the Red Lion Inn, StJniland, H Boston. OSEP SELLERS, ironmonger, Ashberne, DerhYs,„bifre: May 11, and June 8, at eleven, at the Red Lion Inn, byshire. Lichfield and Owen, Chancery-lane, London; son A shborne. f 21 , and SOHN STOCK, innkeeper, Preston, Lancashire, 3 ' a t, r ieanCg June 8, at eleven, at the Town-hall, Preston. Fidde.f , ' Inn, London ; Pilkington and Walker, Preston. ni a a e THOMAS BROWN, victualler, Gloucester, M a y ~, 8, at eleven, at the office of Messrs. Whitcombe and Hell' s ' tester. Whiteombe and Helps, Gloucester. 1 - P . " FRANCIS GARTH, common brewer, South Shields, ham, May 15 and June 8, at eleven, at Kay's Hotel, Sunderl.::air Francis, Fenchurch-buildings, Fenchureh-street, London ; Me (t or Tinley., South Shields. "cl‘ WILLIAM SWAIN, builder, Leamington Priors, Warty' shire, May 16, at eleven, and June 8, at twelve, at the Lansdowne' Belperoy Virn, Hotel, Leamington Priors. Edwards and Venour, Leamingto n; ' Butterfield, Gray's-inn-square, London. DIVIDENDS. At the Court of Bankruptcy, Basinghall-street. S. Edmunds, provision agent, Percival-street, Northampto n ' square, May 21, at half-past eleven-D. Fowler and R. Greer'' merchants, Lime-street, May 4, at half-past twelve-R. Know:kg" warehouseman, Trump-street, May 21, at one-A. H. Merrima%. trunkmaker, Leadenhall-street, May 21, at two-J. R. Glenistebr, auctioneer, Tring, Hertfordshire, May 18, at twelve-J. S ini l t B; funeral carriage master, Little Warner-street, Clerkenwell,%la k., at eleven-G. W. Rohrs and F. W. Jacob, cornfactors, Alfa, lane, May 18, at one-T. and W. Linsell, tailors, Piccadill y, lg, at eleven-J. Turner, tailor, Great Portland-street, Ox' °r ,‘.... street, -May 19, at half-past eleven-T. Saner, ribbon m anuf turer, Wood-street, May 18, at eleven-H. Cook, navy age" Lancaster-place, Strand, May 18, at twelve. In the Country. b ' J. Laing, shipbuilder, Stockton-upon-Tees, Durham , Ilay at eleven, at Kay's Hotel, Sunderland-R. Stone, carpen(tjpex, Thame, Oxfordshire, May 23, at twelve, at the Roebuck I nn ' a t ford-P. Gans, cotton spinner, Manchester, May 21, a t twelve,ia, the Coramissioneners' Rooms, Manchester-R. Crofts, ribbcnAc-- ro s nufacturer, Coventry, May 24, at twelve, at the Craven •"r Hotel, Coventry-W. Patten, d r ug g i s t, H ea t on Norris, La i -1 shire, May 22, at one, at the Commissioners' Rooms, Manehes t i a lt, R. Inman, grocer, Brighton, M a y 21, a t t we l ve , a t the Town at Brighton-S. Skinner, brewer, Greenham, Berkshire, Jun e 3° ' one, at the George Inn, Reading-T. Pegg, grocer, Leicestieerl May 22, at one, at the Castle of L e i c e s ter-W. R o binson' manufacturer, Stones, Lancashire, May 19, at eleven, at the COl9- missioners' Rooms, Manchester--J. Worthington and J. C01t0,531" drapers, Stockport, Cheshire, May 22, at twelve, at the Cenu9l sinners' Rooms, Manchester. wool CERTIFICATES, MAT 18.• W. Pitt, grocer, Kidderminster—N. Russell, flaxdresser, Nn tt ,. ll s , thallerton. Yorkshire—G. Arnold, builder, Leamington co'Pr Warwickshire—P. J. Harrison, jun., stationer, King's-place' ota mercial-roal, St. George's—A. Bell, merchant, Newcastle4rger, Tyne—W. G. Jackson, grocer, Hartlepool, Durham—J• ' e tor nurseryman, Durdham Down, Bristol—c. Townshend, contra 1, for railroad works, Birmingham—J. I ng li s , merc h a nt, Lothnuel, —N. Hailes, bookseller, Piccadilly—W. F. Evans, coal chant, Millbank-street, Westminster—G. Bell, tailor, Cherti..B, W. Charleton and J. H. Reddell, l ea d manu f ac t ure rs, Bern er street, Commercial-road, Middlesex. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. T. Brooks and G. Coppock, coal merchants, Oxford —E• a .waY son and I. Slater, wooll en d ra p ers . M anc h ester —T. Herring T. and Co., drvsalters, Sanda Mills, Yorkshire (as far as rega r— e rs, ) Hemingway T. Hensman and J. C. P ur b r i c k, wo ollencfrallire Birmingham—W. Gilbert and Co., brewers, Sheffield, Yn rics '.--- -A. Beesley, sen. and Co., hinge manufacturers, Birming, h n. G. Grenfell and Co., bankers, Panzance, Cornwall—J. ann;; Roberts, cotton spinners, Abergham Eaves, Burnley, Lanca" a c oti R. Beck and E. Bowyer, wine merchants, Chester—ll. EnY 5 R. M. Smyth, coal merchants, Union-wharf, Millbank-a,treftb- W. Wright and W. Wright, jun., chemists, Peterborough , r',°,: r by amptonshire—W. Turner and W. Shaw, jun., silkmercers , 0. —'l'. Preston and J. Bullard, tailors, Sheffield, Yorkshire- -- ..json Hayles and H. Holt, trunk ma k ers , Old Fish-street—J. Men a ,' a nd Co., machine makers, L ee d s , Y or k s hi re —W. M'Culloa" et, B. Sloman, Wardour-street, Soho—M. B r i g hty an d E. Pr• s , - 0 ., milliners, Huntingdon--R. i'lewton and R. R. Mewton , blic cabinet makers, Truro, Cornwall—J. Cooper and J. Spratt, P OO ,l warelsousekeepers, Chequers-yard, City—R. Pugh and Co. , merchants, Salisbury-wharf, Strand. ir o PRIZE CUP S.--Ne-r and Second-hand a SIT , • O ° PRIZE CUPS are offered at very Reduced Prices, and sal e° , S t may be made from a great variety, both of Sires and Patter hill, COX SAVORY'S, Goldsmith, and Watchmaker, 47, C„.l:'t of London (Seven Doors from Gracechurch-street). A lei in Drawings of Cups will be forwarded by post, as a single answer to a post-paid application. MARRIED On the 26th inst. at Bra Berks, Frederick P. Hanf ord ' ° 1 late of the 5d Guard's, to Louisa ' Eliza Bourke, second (laugh ter e, of the late Rev. R. F. Hallifax, and grand-daughter of S am formerly Lord Bishop of St. Asaph. nt- On the 21st inst., at the British Embassy, Paris, General Sir Charles Doyle, to Mrs. Steer. On the 18th inst. at St. Pancras Church, the Rev. es te J• A.M., of Maida-hill, to Charlotte Catherine, widow of the la Andrew, Esq., of Bengal. Esq'' On th 19th inst., at St. Mary Magdalene's, Geo. Street, of to Jane, eldest daughter of Captain Brocklesby, both of the 01 Lieutenant DIED. On the 25th inst., John Lewis, Esq., of Lyppiat Park, G ic ' uces" tershire, and Basinghall-street, London. A nd On the 18th inst., at Newton Valence, Hants, the Rev. ELL' au , White, aged 80. "' Mr. David Meguera, Governor of the Spanish and Portugues° Jews' Hospital, Mile-end-road, aged 66 London: Printed i3nd I Nioshlrl by MURDO ()GIN f 14°' 112, Strand, at The Sun Office, No. Strand, in the want) of Middiesex.—Monday, April 30, 1638. har On the 26th inst., at Liv BIRTHS erpool, the lady of H. C. - C Esq., of a daughter. of °". On the 27th inst., at Bevis Hill, Southampton, the lady Poeocke, Esq., of a son. f Cle f On the 26th inst., the lady of Wm. Webber, Esq., ° Grosvenor street, of a son. At Belmont, Lee, Mrs. Bruce, of a daughter. On the 25th inst., in Albemarle-street, Mrs. Throcktnortoot of a son. asr 11$' On the 25th inst., at Kiddington, Oxfordshire, the Lad,' of Harrowden, of a son. On the 24th inst., at the Rectory, Hartshorne, Derbyshir e ' H. Buckley, of a daughter. Eoq'' °f In Merrion-square, Dubli n , t h e l a d y o f T . J. B ar ton, a daughter.